The Board of Directors of the Talbot County Arts Council has elected its Executive Committee for Fiscal Year 2012 that begins on July 1. The officers for the coming year are Jane Bollman of Easton, who remains in the position of board president she has held since 2008; Alice Jane Lippson of St. Michaels, who moves from board secretary to vice president; Ann E. Dorbin of Trappe, who continues as treasurer; and Leslie A. Hamburger of Easton, who becomes secretary. The election took place at the board’s annual meeting and strategic planning retreat on Saturday, May 21.
The Nominating and Bylaws Committee, chaired by Donald C. Buxton of Royal Oak, also proposed candidates for election or reelection to the Arts Council’s board of directors. Board members reelected for subsequent three-year terms were retired Army Major General Andrew H. Anderson and Ann Dorbin of Trappe, and Catherine Cripps and Talbot County Councilman Thomas G. Duncan of Easton. Two new members elected for initial three-year terms as directors are:
Peggy Ford of Easton, a teacher in the Talbot County Public Schools since 1983 and presently kindergarten teacher and cultural arts coordinator for Chapel District Elementary School in Cordova. She was born in Harford County and graduated from Loyola University in Baltimore. She began her teaching career at Southeastern High School in Baltimore City then moved to the Eastern Shore in 1977 to work at the Benedictine School in Ridgely. She has shown her community spirit by volunteering for the Waterfowl Festival, Talbot County Hospice’s Festival of Trees, First Night Talbot, Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton’s RTC Task Force, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Chapel District PTO, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She is also a member of two book clubs and enjoys taking ballroom dance lessons with her husband, Easton Town Council President John Ford.
Richard L. Hott of Easton, who retired from a 30-year career with IBM including service as branch manager of numerous locations including the Manhattan Branch Office in New York City. He was born in California and raised in Colorado. After four years in the U.S. Coast Guard, he taught ballroom dancing and was dance director for the Arthur Murray Studio in Long Beach and danced professionally with the Dick Taylor Dancers in Los Angeles. He has a business degree at Long Beach State University. Dick and his wife Elizabeth (Beth) enjoy gardening, travel, theatre and reading, and they are members of the Talbot Dance Club. Dick plays golf at Hog Neck in Talbot County and sings in both the Bay Country Chorus and the Four Decades Quartet. During his previous six-year term on the Arts Council he served as board secretary and vice president.
Additional information on the Talbot County Arts Council is available by phone at 410-310-9812 or by visiting website www.talbotarts.org.